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H. MITCHELL.

Wagdn Coupling.

No. 74,843. v

Patented Feb. 25, 1868.

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Letters Patent No. 74,843, dated February 25, 1868.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, H. MITCHELL, of Racine, in the county of Racine, and State of Wisconsin, have! invented a new and improved Wagon-Coupling; and I do hereby declare that the following is a. full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled'in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to a new and improved device for connecting the reach to the running parts of a wagon or other wheeled vehicle, whereby the same are connected in a more durable manner, andare more easily adjusted to loads of difi'erent lengths. In the accompanying plate of drawings A Figure]. is a rear view of a portion ofthe running part of a wagon with a portion of my invention in position thereon.

Figure 2 represents a central vertical longitudinal section of a portion of the running part ofa wagon,

with my invention in section in position thereon, taken in the line a: in, fig.3.

Figure 3 is'an underneath View of-thesame, as fig. 2.,

Figure is a perspective view of the rear coupling-box.

Similar letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts.

The present invention consists essentially in the construction of the forward coupling-box A and the rear coupling-box l3, and in the combination of'the same with the reach C and the hounds B and bolster E and axle Ft Theforward coupling-box A is made of cast iron, or brass, or'othersuitable composition, in the general form shown in the dra'wing,and is furnished with a cavity on the inside to receive the reach C andthe hounds D The coupling-box A may be described as being formed of two V-shaped plates secured to each other by sides extend ing partially along the edges of the'sam'e, from the front or forwar d end of the same, which said sides may be part of saidplates, said-plates being suificien'tly removed from. each other to leave the necessary space between them for' the reach 0 and hounds D. The sides of the.couplingbox A are bent inward toward each other at the frontof the box, so as to form the sockets a, as shown in the drawing, fig. 3, to receive the ends of the hounds D',-which areiproperly formed at the end to enter and fit in said sockets a. The coupling-box A is firmly secured to the hounds I) by the bolts a and the screws a, as shown. Theforward ends of the hounds D are entirely within the coupling-box'A, and are thus prevented from splitting. By tightening the screws 21 the hounds D will befirmly held in the cou plingbox A, should the same become loose at any time from shrinking bolt, e, passing through the born, and: through any one of several holes e with which said reach 0 may be' furnished, whereby the length. of the said reach 0 may be adjusted to the length of the load to be carried. The rear coupling-box B may be made of cast iron or other suitable material, in something the form as shown at fig. 4, and. has a rectangular hole through the same to receive the rear end of thereaeh G. The box B is furnished with two horizontal flanges c, on the front side of the same, which, resting upon the axle F, sustain thebolster E, so as to allow the reach 0 to move freely through the box B. K The coupling-box B is secured by common wood screws to the axle F and to the bolsterE, as shown in the drawing, fig. 1. Through the reach 0, near the/rear end-ofthe same, are several holes, a, to receivethe pin Z1 through the same, back of the box 13, said box 13 being furnished with notches in the upper and lower part to hold the pin 5 more firmly in a vertical position. The holes c in the rear end of the reach Cfwhen at the same distance apart as theholes e in the forward end-of the same, serve, in connection with the pin 6 and the draw-bolt e, as two points of attachment of the reach 0 to the axle of the vehicle, whether the said reach C is adjusted to a longer or shorter load; or the axles of the vehicle may be held together by the pin 6 alone.

'I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1:. The'method of coupling the reach 0 .to the other running parts of a wagon or other wheeled vehicle by means of the front coupling A and the rear coupling 13, constructed and attached substantially as shown and described. i I i 2. The construction ofthe coupling-box A, having the sides thereof bent inward, so as' to form the sockets a, substantially as shown and described and for the purposes set forth.

3. The flanges'c upon the rear coupling-box B, in combination with the bolster E and the axle F, substantially as shown and described, and for the purposes set, forth.

.4. The manner of adjusting the length of the reach 0 to the length of the load,-suhstantiai1y as shown and described. v

5. The'forward coupling-box A, with the reach 0, and the honndsD, in combination with each other and with theqeai' cohpling-b'ox B and the axle F and holster E, substantially as shown and described, and for the purposes setforth.

I HENRY MITCHELL.

Witnesses:

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